From Valheim to Fallout, these open-world games give players the power to reshape terrain, build from scratch, and leave creative marks on worlds.

Mark has been thinking and writing about games since a Gameboy Pocket and a copy of Link's Awakening was first placed into his tender, seven-year-old hands. Since then, he snagged a creative writing ...

Creative blocks can feel daunting, leaving you staring at a blank page with a sense of frustration and uncertainty. We’ve all been there—staring at a blank page, feeling the weight of creative block ...